There is only one word to understand that defines the instability in the middle east.
Deba'athification
Lessons of De-Baathification in Iraq (click here)
From page 31:
...It is sad and ironic that deBaathification was designed and pursued without reference to modern experience, but instead reached back over 50 years to a flawed and ultimately unsuccessful model, deNazification. Thus it was that deBaathification was to a large extent needlessly partisan, controversial, flawed, and ineffective....
I don't make stuff up. Deba'athification caused the instability and created an opportunity for the creation of a militia, today called Daesh.
Deba'athification
Lessons of De-Baathification in Iraq (click here)
From page 31:
...It is sad and ironic that deBaathification was designed and pursued without reference to modern experience, but instead reached back over 50 years to a flawed and ultimately unsuccessful model, deNazification. Thus it was that deBaathification was to a large extent needlessly partisan, controversial, flawed, and ineffective....
I don't make stuff up. Deba'athification caused the instability and created an opportunity for the creation of a militia, today called Daesh.